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~Pubils .~!~~o" of Wilmelle Playgroamd and RecrealiOJI Board. i~rold"' Publislted weekly by the school children of Wiltnelle touler WILMETTE, ILLIN01 S, FEBR.UARY 3, 1928 ce Ctlrttival11a M··Y 11 Thrill for This Girl ReiJorter The second annual ice carnival, sponby the Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board took place on Saturday, January 21, at the Village Green. There was a large.crowd, owing to fine weather. The final races were held at 2 o'clock, following preliminaries at 10 o'clock in the morning. The results are as follows : ·100 Yard Dash. Boys under 12. 1st -Dick Preston, 2nd-George Green, 3rd-John Brumbaugh. 100 Yard Dash. Girls 12 years and under. 1st-Elsa von Reinsperg, 2nd -Elsa Carlen, 3rd-Emily Simons. 220 Yard. Boys under 14. 1st'Coke" Finlayson, 2nd-George Eber, Jrd-Bob Dunn. lB) Yard. Boys under 16. 1stjohn Wagner, 2nd-"Lefty" Stephens, Jrd-Victor Schultz. . 220 Yard. Girls under 15. lst'Kelly" Welter, 2nd-Lorraine Jannes, Jrd-Ruby J annes. 440 Yard. Boys under 18. 1stBob Wolff, 2nd-Bob Felke, 3rdPete \Vagner. 440 Yard. Girls all ages. lst-"Kelly" Welter, 2nd-Lorr~ine Jannes, 3rdDorothy Smith. North Shore Championship. 1stEddie Brown, 2nd-Gus Lindwall, 3rdJohn Jordan. 220 Yard. Boys under 16. lst"Lefty" Steffens, 2nd-Victor ·Schultz, 3rd-Claude Maine. 880 Yard. Boys under 18. 1stRobert Wolff, 2nd-Robert Felke, 3rd -Pete Wagner. · 2 Mile race. 1st-Edward Brown, 2nd-Henry Miller, 3rd-Joe Thelan. Fancy Skating. 1st-Mrs. Vernette Lewis, 2nd-Miss Elsie Thelan. , -Janet McConnaughey, Howard 8A. ~ BOY SCOUT OUTING 011r ctJbi· is hilt ia lite woodltJfld, By its side /lOUis tJ bvbbling brook, Troop Three to this cabi11 did travel, Afld bltMkels and food with them took. The wemlter was len above zero, Tlte beds were as hard as a brick. The room got smoked like a 11Dunhill," Afld yet not a boy made a kick. We got ·P at three in the morning. Got dressed for a good day's work. We thm got wood for the fire~ Still not a boy did shirk. Each boy then cooked some break- Observes Monthly Rally Of Wilmette Scout Units The monthly rally of the Wilmette Boy Scout troops was held in the Stolp gymnasium Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The rally was opened by .the salute and pledge to th.e flag, which was followed by inspection. During the inspection the Troop S orchestra played. The troops were inspected by Scout Commissioner McPeek and Mr. Leech. Troops 2 and 4 tied for the inspection and were closely followed by Troop S. Following the in· spection there was a first aid contest. Each trop entered a team of six men. Troop 2 won. After the contests, the awards were made. The outstanding award of the evening was that of Eagle Scout given to Bob King of Troop 2. This was followed by a game of crows and cranes. The rally was closed by repeating the Scout benediction. -Jerry Rosenberg, 8B Stolp. Paul Has Ripping .· Good Time Out at Camp ..in-the-Wood Mother decided to drive us out to the Cabin-in-the-Woods, so we took a number of the boys with us. The trip was a cold one, but pleasant, except for a stretch of poor road. The temperature during the day was about ten above zero so you can guess what the night was. We had our "bean feed," as was promised by Mr. Ball, and then started telling stories before the fire. We sang songs and recited poems. Mr. Ryan entertained us with his "uke" while the fire smoked us until we looked not unHke the smoked herring found in the corner delicatessen. When we went to bt>d, Mr. Ball, as sisted by :Mr. Ryan, told a story guaranteed to make every little hair stand on end and wave its arms. Some of the story I did not hear as my teeth were chattering so, partly due to the cold and partly to the story. As Billy Klein says in his poem, "the cots were as hard as a brick." Now, I want to correct that statement -it was the floor, not the cots. If he could stay on his cot-"you're a better man than 1"-for every turn meant a longer tear in the cot. Well, altogether it was a ripping good time. r could not bribe my blanket to protect me from the cold, so it covered my shins and that was all. We got up at four in the morning, rolled out blankets and cooked our breakfast. My breakfast was delicious -burned eggs and no bacon. A .couple of the boys who were not so busy went down and fell in the river in search of amusing pastime. As the boys tried to get dried out one of their shoes was sufficiently burned to make his return trip "shoeless." On leaving, I left everything I wanted and took everything I didn't care for. So, altogether, it was a successful trip. -I'aul C. L' Amoreaux, room 7C Stolp. fast, Afld most were very good. We soo~ rolled up our blankets, As we knew all Scouts shot1ld. Mister Hall tlrrn called atte_t&lion, Afld all the boys fell in. · · He told us we tf.rere leaving, Afld they look it with a grin. But all, in all, As you can guess. The /tm was -more, Afld the hardships less, - Wil~iam H. Klein, 7B, Stolp. !----------'"'!'-----~ Howard Buketball Team Downs St. Francis Five 8A Howard again met St. Francis January 24. And pep? Say, there was an unlimited amount of it. Both teams made it a fight to the finish. And I-4en Wolff, Howard, and Laurie Pohlman; St. Francis, realizing this, were on the go every minute. They were out for a preliminary championship and they knew it. The way McHale bowled over into Meter and the way Meter took the ball from Mc.Hale! Well, anyhow, it was some game. And Howard won, 7 to 3. They'll now play 8A Stolp for the Wilmette championship for eighth grade. Attention, sport fans ! See that game ! -John Dernehl, 8B Howard. ST. FRANCIS WINS Six-B Howard staged a game with St. Francis that had more "pep" in it and more fight in it than a good many other sixth grade games at Howard gym. St. Francis started off with · a two, four, and then six to nothing lead. They got but one more basket after Howard had stored up three points. Bill Lynch, · St. Francis, and Frank "Christy" Christianson played the best for their teams. Score 8 to 3 favor of St. Francis. -John Dernehl, 8B Howard. New Movie Machine Brings Instructive Pictures to Pupils The Board of Education has bought a valuabl~ piece of equipment to be used at Howard school. It is an Acme combination moving picture machine and slide projector. At present Mr. Todd is showing movies from the library of the General Electric company. They are educational pictures. He has shown "The Land of Cotton," the "King of the Rails," on railroads, and "The Queen of the Waves," on steamships. Usually the reels are shown once or twice a week in Miss Corcoran's room. The children will also see "A Woolen Yarn," "The Conquest of the Forest," "Our Daily Bread," "The World of Power," "Anthracite Coal," "Bituminous Coal," "Pillars of Salt," and "The Yoke of the Past," a farm picture. The idea back of this is that children seeing the process of manufacturing some article will understand better than if they merely read it in their Geogr~phy books. -John Dernehl, 8B Howard. Stolp Pupils Train For . Bi8 Muaic Memory Contest The seventh and eighth grade students of the Byron C. Stolp school are at present working hard on the Music Memory Contest work under the able supervision of Mrs. Agnes R. Clark, the Stolp music teacher, and Mrs. Stella C Maher, music supervisior in Wilmette schools. This contest is held every [ear under the direction of the In an About Chicago Music SuperYisors dub of which Mrs. Clark is an active member. Students from high . ICboola and grade schools all around (:hicap participate in this contest. It Will be held in Orchestra hal~ Chica- Enjoys Lecture About Navajo Indian Cuatoms Mr. Fred Leighton came to the Stolp school Tuesday, January 24. He gave a fine assembly. He talked about the Navajo Indians. A Navajo Indian was there. He sang us "The Squirrel Call"' and some songs from the Squaw dance. Mr. Leighton has one of the finest Indian exhibits in the country. In the library there was a wonderful exhibit of many things that were not on the stage. The Navajos are wonderful silversmiths. · -Ella Jean Porter, 7C. Pupils Send Flowers To Teacher.Injured By Car ao, April 26. 1928. -Emma Bickham, SA Stolp. Stolp Library Receives New Shipment of Boob The library in the Stolp school is gradually filling up. A new shipment of books has just arrived. Among these books are over twenty-five bound volumes of National Geogr~phic magazines. There are other children's books by well known authors such as Dickens 'lnd Copperfield. There are also some reference books. A few weeks ago we received the Book of .Knowledge in full. -Emma Bickham, 8A. OPEN MARBLE SEASON Many boys began to play marbles at the Stolp and Central schc:tols last week. While the boys that haven't got marbles watched eagerly at the ones that have marbles losing and winning. -Frank W. Hooper, fifth grade, BUY AISEIIBLY FLAG Stolp school an assembly flag with a aaaroon background and the white letten B. C. S. A, (B)'I"On C. Stolp Asiembly, (which will be used at the as.embly along with the American ftag. Maroon and white are the school col... The ftag is of wool with a meas. W'ement of four by six. -Mazie E. Mouat, 8B Stolp. lau parchue The eitrhth r:de of the Tbe &nt buketbaU team of 7C had a JliiltY, wbic:h wu held at the home ·1 1led Sbapker. Cake and ice cream CAGUI HOLD PARTY lefftd, aad a good time was by- aD present. CentraL ~i· Gooch, 7C Stolp. Miss Marie Fox, fifth grade teacher at Central school, was struck by an automobile on her way from school the afternoon of Thursday, January 19. She was knocked down but fortunately wa~ HOWARD SCHOOL LEADS not seriously hurt. She suffered cuts The fifth grade league basketball and bruises. She was taken to the hospital and her class immediately Sent her teams have had some thrilling games flowers and a letter from each pupil. at Howard gymnasium. Howard SB -John Dernehl, 8B Howard. is leading, three wins and no defeats. The Logan is second with two wins a~c;l one defeat and Howard SA third INDIAN ENJOYS LECTURE January 24, Fred Leighton came to With four defeats. The fourth game the Byron C. Stolp school and gave a between Howard and Logan was postvery interesting talk on Indians. He poned. had with him many beautiful things · -Charles Morau. made by them. We invited the fifth and sixth grades, it being one of the . most successful assemblies of the I year. Mr. Leighton brought with him More JUNIOR LIFE a Navajo Indian who entertained us with war songs. I am sure we enjoyed .News on Page 29 Mr. Leighton and his Indian friend. -Virginia Mover, 7C Stolp. r---------------·